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Security disperses protests by Brotherhood, liberals all over Egypt

Security forces dispersed a protest by opponents of the interim government that set off from Mostafa Mahmoud Mosque in Mohandessin, Giza, forcing the demonstrators to flee into sub-streets.
 
Pro-Sisi and pro-army protesters also clashed with the protesters.
 
Security sources have said that 291 Muslim Brotherhood supporters have been arrested in Cairo, alleging carrying fireworks and Molotov cocktails.
 
Meanwhile, Mostafa al-Hagary, a member of the April 6 Youth Movement, has called on protesters to ensure the march is not infiltrated by Muslim Brotherhood backers.
 
In Haram, also in Giza, police quelled a demonstration by Muslim Brotherhood members, which led to an unidentified number of injuries.
 
In Nasr City, police dispersed Muslim Brotherhood loyalists with tear gas at Makram Ebeid Street after they chanted anti-military slogans and pelted the forces with stones.
 
Other clashes occurred in Helwan, south of Cairo, after Brotherhood loyalists set on protests from three mosques where marchers hurled stones at molotovs at the forces, who replied with tear gas. Store owners closed their business for fear of damage, while security was intensified presence at courts, churches, banks, police stations and banks.
 
Security arrest Brotherhood backers in east and west of Alexandria after breaking up seven marches with tear gas. Three supposedly affiliated with the Brotherhood shot on the forces from rooftops at Abu Suleiman neighborhood, holding three citizens hostages. 
 
While the Muslim Brotherhood-led National Alliance to Support Legitimacy announced protests taking off from 35 mosques in Cairo and Giza, demanding the reinstatement of deposed president Mohamed Morsy, other liberal forces said they would mark the third anniversary of the 2011 revolution that overthrew Morsy's predecessor Hosni Mubarak.
 
Other groups said they would mark the occasion by declaring support for Defense Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi who ousted Morsy last year. 
 
 
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
 

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